Hat identifying  attachment or marker



" i TED STATES ATENT OFFICES BEN B. DE Mnsfrmts, on Kansas CITY, MIssoUnIl -IAT IDETIFYING ATTACHMENT 0R MATBQKZEIIR.`

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\ specifica/cion of Lettersratent. 1 `Paterited. Sept. 9, 1919."

Application inea February 5, 1918.` serial Nd. 216,123-

To allcvltomt't mag/concern: r Be it known that I, BEN

Kansas City, in the countymof Jackson `and State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Hat Identifying Attachments or Markers, of which the following is a specificationj j e This invention relates to hat identifying attachments `and more especially tonieans for guarding against: loss of a hat through `the unintentional carrying olf of the same by another person than the owner.` l l j e The object of the invention is to produce a device for securement within a hat"` and adapted for adjustment from `a normal posie tion which it occupies when the hat is in service on the head, to an abnormal position which it should occupy when the hat is placed on a hook, shelf orthe like, ina res-` taurant or other place where a number of people are` assembled, the device when in the abnormal position affording an obstruction to the proper and comfortable `fitting ofthe` stood reference is to beV had to the accom` panying drawing, in which Figure l, is a fragmentary vertical sectional view of a hat equipped with an identification device embodying one form of my invention.

Fig. 2, is an inner face view of the attachment as applied to a hat and adjusted to abnormal position.

Referring to the drawing in detail, l is a U-shaped member for attachment to the sweatband or the like of a hat, and 2 is a flat metal member for pivotal connection with member 1, which, if of the type set forth, will be secured in position by extending its arms through the sweatband 3 of the hat 4, and clenching them in such position so that the member shall be held rmly in a fixed position. e

In the embodiment of the invention shown,

e j e Byna Misma, a citizen of the United States,.residing\ at theflat metal member 2, is provided with one or more tongues 5, bent to form hinge-members or coils around the bodyportion of the member l, the `hinge-point occurring at the upper edge of the sweatband for a purpose which is hereinafter explained.

Atfo'ne end member`2, is bentto `-i'ornia lateral-projection 6, or saidprojection' may be: otherwise produced, its object `'being to offer an obstruction, when below the upper edge of the sweatband, to the hat" being placed. upon thehead;y without `the wearer becomi'n nusual 1s interposed between his head` and `In the preferred construction of `the device, the member 2 vwill r be` pivoted atan intermediate point to theimember l, so that when the` saidprojection is in its depressed or abnormal position, a part of the `member `shall project beyond the upper edgeof the sweatband, and when saidprojection is in elevated position, aswlien thehat is upon` the ncaa,` said part `winnetemeerai@ instantly aware that something sweat'band and uthe body` ofthe hat and` hence, utilize the head of the wearer through pressure on e the, said band',` holding the member 2 in normal `p`ositi`on,` tliatis fwith the said projection above the plane of the sweatband a suflicient distance to avoid contact with the head.

The end of member 2, not only constitutes means for retaining the device in normal position, but also may be utilized as aholder for a name and address slip or tag. As shown the side margins are bent back to form grooved flanges 7 for overlapping the sideedges `of a slip or tag 8 containing the name, address and telephone number or the like, of the owner of the hat. To prevent endwise movement of the tag after it is placed in position, the tongue 9 at the extremity of the member is bent down upon the tag, movement of the latter being further guarded 'against by providing the member with the protuberance 10.

In Fig. l, the dotted lines show the device in normal position, in which position it will be noted, the lateral projection occupies such position that it will not interfere with the proper fitting of the hat upon the head, and can not fall over against the head because of the pressure of thelatter against the opposite end of the pivoted member, said pressurebeing applied through the sweatband. When the hat is removed and placed Y on a hook orthe like, in a publicplace, the

owner, before heY disposes of the hat will Vadjust the device from ,normal to ft abnormal position so that neither he nor any other person can place theY hat upon his head without the wearer becomes aware instantly that the hat fitsfimproperly. Upon i removing the hat the cause of the trouble will become apparent, and; the person in charge of the hat will have the name and address tag under observation.

v i Frein the abovevdescription'it willbeapparent 'that If have produeed'a device for "identifying hats and incidentally protecting them against! unintentional removal, which embodies the features set forth as desirable in the statement of the objeet'of the invention,v andfwhile l have illustrated and I described YVthe preferred form of construction, it will be Vunderstood that it may be changedin many. respects without depart- Y ing'from' the spiritan'd'seopey of the appendfirmly clenchedztothesweatband of the hat, g a fiat member provided intermediate its Vlength withvhin'ge coils engagingV the body or horizontal portionV of the U member and formed at oneendwith a projection; said v member being adapted to stand upright with the endv having'the projeetioin'fitted against the inner` side'of the vsweat'rband andI the Copies of this patentinay he obtained for other end projecting upward into the body of the hat above the sweat band, or with the last-named end interposed wholly between the sweat band and the immediately surrounding` part of the hat and the end provided with the projection, projecting upward into the body of the hat above the sweat band.

2'. A hat identifying device or marker comprising an inverted U-shaped member having its arms extended through and firmly clenched to the sweat band of the hat, a flat Vmember provided intermediate its length with hinge coils engaging the bodjv or horizontal portion of the U member and f formed at one end with a projection; said member being adapted to stand uprightv with the end having the projection, fitted against the inner side of the sweat band and the other end projecting upward into the body of the hat above the sweat baud, or with the last-named end interposed wholly between the sweat band and the immediately surrounding part of the hat and the end provided with the projection, projecting upward into the body of the hat above the sweat band; the end without the projection being formed at the same side of the'plate as said projection, with parallel grooved side iianges, a proturberanee adjacent the hinge point, and a tongue at the upper end for eonjointly securing a tag firmly in place.

In testimony whereofl I affix my signature.

BEN B. DE MASTERS.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. 

